Bheatrum Botanicum 
145® CHAP.44, 
Tribe 
forth many fmall purplifh red threds, let upon or 
(licking out of a Imall head, one let above another, 
which afterwards turncth intoa tound ai d lome- 
what flat crefled blacke berrie, containing therein 
fmall white and rough 1'eede, lomewhat like unto 
Grape kernels. This in fome places dyeth downe 
to the ground every yeare, and fpringeth anew, 
which is the caufe it can give no flower, muctvlefl'e 
leedc, which never is found on the fitlfyeares 
Ihoote in our Country, l ut in other places of our 
Land fheweth flowers, (uch as J have defended, 
but never any fruite that I can leai ne. 
X, Ww ob'omorum y coriatioivm, 
Coriars 1 umackc. 
Venice Sumacke. 
TheFewVrSumacke is in dome places a tree,ri- 
fingtobeofthebignsfle of the Pomegarntttrie, 
in other placesit is much lower,and fhooteth forth 
many twigges.of two or three cubits long, and of 
thebigneli’eof ones finger,divided into many red- 
difli branches, having (undry leaves fetenboth 1 
fides without order,fotnewhat broad,round poin- /j 
ted, thieke, and full of veincs, ana fmall red t \V/f ^ 
footeflalke: under them, a little waved about the MlP« 
edges, of a Roflenlikc lent, not u.nplcalant, and 
ot an harflr binding talle, growing to be of an cx- Xv, _/ 
cellentRofe cofur, in the end of Summer; from /Cgfi 
the ends of the blanches dart forth a large and long £§§; 
head, confifting of many tuft, of wbitilh greenc i |g 
Hovyers, Handing upon very fine red footeltalkcs, o:-’ 
which afterwards fpceadthemfelves into lb many 
tufts of feather-like haires or threds, having a- 
mong them lundry lmall blackifh and flat feedc 1, Ig 
formed fomewhat like unto an heart, which toge’ 
ther with the fiiken chreds are carried away by the } kM 
winde : theroote is hard and wooddy.notgrow- ■ 
ing deepnor much fpreading.-the wood is yellow- 
tlh, and ferveth to gtve a yellow dye: but the 
z- Rhus Vtrgmianum . 
Virginian iumacke* 
3. Rbut Plixij Mrtifolla, 
Mirtle leafed S umackc. 
